1981 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season
The Zandvoort Circuit (1980-1989)
Date	August 30, 1981
Official name	XXVII Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.252 km (2.642 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 306.144 km (190.229 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alain Prost	Renault
Time	1:18.176
Fastest lap
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:21.83 on lap 15
Podium
First	Alain Prost	Renault
Second	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford
Third	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford

The 1981 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on August 30, 1981.

Classification[link]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Alain Prost	Renault	72	1:40:22.43	1	9
2	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	72	+ 8.24	3	6
3	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	72	+ 35.50	4	4
4	6	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	15	3
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	9	2
6	14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	70	+ 2 Laps	24	1
7	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford	69	+ 3 Laps	21
8	33	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford	69	+ 3 Laps	20
9	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	68	Engine	25
10	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford	68	+ 4 Laps	23
Ret	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	62	Accident	7
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	50	Ignition	8
Ret	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	46	Suspension	22
Ret	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	29	Transmission	18
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	21	Engine	2
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	19	Tyre	14
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	18	Collision	6
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	18	Collision	5
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	16	Suspension	10
Ret	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford	5	Suspension	19
Ret	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	4	Collision	12
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1	Engine	17
Ret	25	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1	Collision	11
Ret	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	0	Collision	16
DNS	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford		Non Starter
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart

Standings after the race[link]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nelson Piquet 45 2 Carlos Reutemann 45 3 Jacques Laffite 34 4 Alan Jones 31 5 Alain Prost 28

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Ford 76 2 Brabham-Ford 56 3 Renault 39 4 Ligier-Matra 34 5 Ferrari 28

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[link]

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/369/. Retrieved 2007-06-16. 

Dutch Grand Prix

Circuit Park Zandvoort
Race information
Laps	70
Circuit length	4.252 km (2.640 mi)
Race length	297.640 km (184.940 mi)
Number of times held	34
First held	1948
Last held	1985
Most wins (drivers)	Jim Clark (4)
Most wins (constructors)	Ferrari (9)
Last race (1985):
Pole position	Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:11.074
Podium	1. Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:32:29.263 2. Alain Prost McLaren-TAG +0.232s 3. Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault +48.491s
Fastest lap	Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:16.538

The Dutch Grand Prix (Grote Prijs van Nederland) was a Formula One automobile race held at Circuit Zandvoort, from 1948 to 1985. It was a part of the World Championship from 1952, and designated the European Grand Prix two times, 1962 and 1976, when this title was an honorary designation given each year to one grand prix race in Europe.

1985 was its final running, as the company that commercially ran the circuit (CENAV) went out of business, marking the end of Circuit Zandvoort. The track, owned by the municipality of Zandvoort, was not used for some time and part of the grounds and approximately half of the track was sold in 1987 to Vendorado, a bungalow park developer at that time^[1].

Winners of the Dutch Grand Prix[link]

Multiple winners (drivers)[link]

A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

Number of wins	Driver	Years Won
4	Jim Clark	1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
3	Jackie Stewart	1968, 1969, 1973
	Niki Lauda	1974, 1977, 1985
2	Louis Rosier	1950, 1951
	Alberto Ascari	1952, 1953
	Jack Brabham	1960, 1966
	James Hunt	1975, 1976
	Alain Prost	1981, 1984

Multiple winners (constructors)[link]

Embolded constructors are still competing in the Formula One championship
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

Number of wins	Constructor	Years Won
9	Ferrari	1949, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1983
6	Lotus	1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1978
3	McLaren	1976, 1984, 1985
2	Talbot-Lago	1950, 1951
	BRM	1959, 1962
	Matra	1968, 1969
	Brabham	1966, 1980

By year[link]

All Dutch Grand Prix were held at Zandvoort.

Zandvoort from 1973-1979

Zandvoort from 1948-1971

Note: Pink background indicates non-Championship year.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Report
1985	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
1984	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
1983	René Arnoux	Ferrari	Report
1982	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	Report
1981	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
1980	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
1979	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
1977	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
1976	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
1975	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	Report
1974	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
1972	Not held
1971	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
1970	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
1968	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	Report
1966	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
1965	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
1964	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
1963	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
1962	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
1961	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
1960	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
1959	Jo Bonnier	BRM	Report
1958	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
1957	Not held
1956	Not held
1955	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
1954	Not held
1953	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report
1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report
1951	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
1950	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
1949	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	Report
1948	Prince Bira	Maserati	Report

References[link]

1. ^ "Track description on www.autoevolution.com". http://www.autoevolution.com/sport/a1gp/circuits/circuit-park-zandvoort.html. Retrieved 07-08-2010. 

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Alain Prost

Prost in 2012
Born	(1955-02-24) 24 February 1955 (age 57)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1980–1991, 1993
Teams	McLaren, Renault, Ferrari, Williams
Races	202 (199 starts)
Championships	4 (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993)
Wins	51
Podiums	106
Career points	768.5 (798.5)[1]
Pole positions	33
Fastest laps	41
First race	1980 Argentine Grand Prix
First win	1981 French Grand Prix
Last win	1993 German Grand Prix
Last race	1993 Australian Grand Prix

Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (born 24 February 1955 in Lorette, Loire) is a French racing driver. A four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion, Prost has won more titles than any driver except for Juan Manuel Fangio (five championships), and Michael Schumacher (seven championships). From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories. Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix. In 1999, Prost received the World Sports Awards of the Century in the motor sport category.^[2]

Prost discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday. He progressed through motor sport's junior ranks, winning the French and European Formula Three championships, before joining the McLaren Formula One team in 1980 at the age of 25. He finished in the points on his Formula One début and took his first race victory at his home Grand Prix in France a year later, while he was driving for Renault's factory team.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Prost formed a fierce rivalry with mainly Ayrton Senna, but also Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell. In 1986, at the last race of the season, he managed to pip Mansell and Piquet of Williams to the title after Mansell retired late on in the race, and Piquet was pulled in for a late precautionary pit stop. Senna joined Prost at McLaren in 1988 and the two had a series of controversial clashes, including a collision at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix that gave Prost his third Drivers' Championship. A year later at the same venue they collided again, but this time Prost, driving for Ferrari, lost out. Before the end of a winless 1991 season Prost was fired by Ferrari for his public criticism of the team. After a sabbatical in 1992, Prost joined the Williams team, prompting reigning drivers' champion Mansell to leave for CART. With a competitive car, Prost won the 1993 championship but he retired at the end of the year rather than be teammates with Senna who signed for 1994 and face the animosities of 1989 and 1990 again.

In 1997, Prost took over the French Ligier team, running it as Prost Grand Prix until it went bankrupt in 2002. He currently competes in the Andros Trophy, which is an ice racing championship.

Prost employed a smooth, relaxed style behind the wheel, deliberately modeling himself on personal heroes like Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark.^[3] He was nicknamed "The Professor" for his intellectual approach to competition. Skilled at setting up his car for race conditions, Prost would often conserve his brakes and tyres early on in a race, leaving them fresher for a challenge at the end.^[4]

Personal and early life[link]

Alain Prost's signature

Alain Prost was born near the town of Saint-Chamond, close to the city of Saint-Etienne in the département of Loire, France, to André Prost and Marie-Rose Karatchian, born in France of Armenian descent.^[5] Prost had one younger brother called Daniel, who died of cancer in September 1986.^[6] Although short, standing at 1.67m (5 ft 6 in) Prost was an active, athletic child, who enthusiastically took part in diverse sports, including wrestling, roller skating and football. In doing so he broke his nose several times.^[7] He considered careers as a gym instructor or a professional footballer before he discovered kart racing at the age of 14 while on a family holiday.^[8] This new sport quickly became his career of choice.

Prost is married to Anne-Marie (born 14 February 1955). They have two sons, Nicolas (born 18 October 1981) and Sacha Prost (born 30 May 1990). Prost also has a daughter, Victoria. As of 2008, Nicolas races in the Euroseries 3000 championship for the Elk Motorsport team.^[9] Prost lived in his hometown, Saint-Chamond, until he and his Renault team fell out in the early 1980s. In April 1983 the Prost family moved to Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, and shortly after to Yens, Switzerland. They moved to Switzerland after Renault workers went to Prost's house in France and burned his Mercedes-Benz.^[10] They lived there until November 1999, when they moved to Nyon in the same country.^[11]